Nevada Assembly against expanding Nellis military training range into refuge

The Associated Press

April 21, 2019

Special Forces soldiers and Air Force members watch as two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters land on a designated landing zone Aug. 30, 2018, after executing a combat training exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada. (Sgt. Connor Mendez/Army)

The Nevada Appeal reported Thursday that Democratic Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen of Las Vegas supported an Assembly-approved resolution opposing the proposed expansion of the Nellis range by saying public lands should remain in public hands.

Conservationists are rallying around a pair of legislative resolutions opposing the U.S. Air Force's proposed expansion of a bombing training range they say would threaten big horn sheep and other wildlife at a national refuge in southern Nevada.

The Associated Press

March 11, 2019

U.S. Rep. Mark Amodie, a Republican, on Tuesday told a legislative joint session that Nevada should work with the federal government to get some public lands in trade for expansion of Air Force and Navy ranges.

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